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Volkl Kink - Anyone ski on it?

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cr1080cbr
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Just looking for some input on the Volkl Kink...Looking for a park ski that will also ski all mountain fairly well... average park skier, above average all mountain skier.

Thanks!
Dec 13 2013 12:43PM
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AJizzle
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I have them and think they are a ton of fun. What are your stats ( height, weight etc)?
Dec 13 2013 3:45PM
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cr1080cbr
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I'm 6ft, 165lbs....
I've skied the walls, and some atomic patents...both those were really stiff, but I liked the shape of them being symetrical skis.
Dec 13 2013 4:20PM
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AJizzle
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Get the 179cm, really fun, much softer than the other two you mentioned.
Dec 13 2013 4:31PM
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G_Wink
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I agree, the kink is a really fun, it's playful but still really stable. The 179 would be perfect
Dec 14 2013 9:51PM
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AJizzle
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Oh and I think -2.5 is perfect on them
Dec 14 2013 11:01PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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is it the same construction as the wall?
Dec 14 2013 11:19PM
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Skiingsnow
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they are fucking sick, i had a pair and loved em for everything, soft and playfull, yet somehow chargable, and thats coming form a guy who skis a slalom 99% of the time
Dec 15 2013 2:02AM
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AJizzle
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It's just full wood core and vertical sidewalls.
Dec 15 2013 2:03AM
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cr1080cbr
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Okay got a pair of 179 and mounted some px jib 12's on them...I mounted them boot center over the +6 mark on the ski...When I measured out the ski it felt and looked right to me...what does +2.5 mean?


Dec 16 2013 10:45AM
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tsk94
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Isn't +6 still around -6 from true centre? I thought thats what it measured out to when I saw them in person.
Dec 16 2013 11:40AM
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AJizzle
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I was saying that you should mount them -2.5 cm from true center.
Dec 16 2013 12:16PM
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JCTheut
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Bump. I have the 2013 version and they ski great. They're mounted at the +5 freestlye mark. But they feel pretty far back. Does anyone know how far this is from true center.
Dec 16 2013 3:44PM
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AJizzle
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Why don't you use a tape measure and figure it out instead of asking random people on the interwebs
Dec 16 2013 8:47PM
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tsk94
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I'm pretty sure, since I measured it a few months back, that true centre is +6 FROM the Freestyle mark. Volkl only puts true centre as a mount point on their symmetrical skis.
Dec 17 2013 10:19AM
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ismael
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sorry for bringing up this old thread, i was wondering about the flex of this ski, is it avarage? or more flexy than usual, i am saving for a more wider ski pair of park, im coming from the line step up, is it to much the difference?

im 5,10 180lbs
Aug 12 2014 8:20PM
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PattyAlpaugh
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I'm also wondering, what is the weight of this ski like?
Aug 19 2014 11:45PM
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OGHolliday
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would it be very foolish to mount em true center?
Nov 28 2014 3:43AM
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Park.
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OH.Hollidaywould it be very foolish to mount em true center?


I tried my friends pair that was center mounted and I think that should be the only place to mount them if you do a majority of park. They felt great and carved amazingly. Most of the racers that go into the park at my mountain get kinks or head caddy's so that should say something
Nov 28 2014 9:40AM
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